The Sweet Escape (Digital Album)

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studio album
First released:
Dec 1 2006

Overview Edit

The Sweet Escape is the second and latest solo studio album by American pop and rock singer Gwen Stefani, released on December 5, 2006 by Interscope Records. Having originally intended to return to No Doubt after her 2004 solo album Love. Angel. Music. Baby., Stefani decided to record a second album as a way to release some of the material left over from the L.A.M.B. writing sessions. The album musically resembles its predecessor while exploring more modern pop sounds. It was released to generally mixed reviews from contemporary music critics, receiving criticism for its strong similarities to L.A.M.B.

It was preceded by the lead single "Wind It Up", which charted moderately across the world, and produced the follow-up single "The Sweet Escape", which proved more successful worldwide. The Sweet Escape reached the Canadian, U.S., and Australian top five and peaked inside the top twenty in the UK. The Sweet Escape Tour, started in April 2007, covered North America, Central America, Australia, Asia, and Europe.

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Digital Album
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Catalog number:
unknown
Release dates:
  • Dec 5 2006

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Pop, Alternative, Pop Rock, Rock. Vote on Genres

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4 stars Everyone's favourite hollaback girl is back !
Gwen's second solo album,"The Sweet Escape" manages to incorporate various styles to offer 12 distinctly unique tunes. It opens with "Wind it Up", sampling the Sound of Music's "Lonely Goat Herd", singing about being a girl, and exactly why boys adore them. Suddenly you realise you've missed having Ms. Stefani in your life.

She collaborates with Pharrell on "Orange County Girl", "Yummy", "Breakin' Up" and "U Started It".

Other big names who contribute to the album include Akon on "The Sweet Es…
Written by Just in Miami
3 stars Wind it Down
Continuing her "solo project" as she claims, Gwen's second record is a mixture of success and failure. The first single `wind it up' is just awful it has a decent/so so beat but her whiny vocals and lyrics that continue the infatuation she has with her own clothing line get played out real quick. Moving on, the record does produce some catchy and genuinely enjoyable tracks; `the sweet escape' is one and `early winter' another. The latter with its strong chorus line and great music backing it up …
Written by Veronika de Rojas

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Credits Edit

  1. performer

    1. Akon ["The Sweet Escape"]
    2. Pharrell Williams ["Yummy"]
  1. producer

    1. Akon ["The Sweet Escape"]
    2. Swizz Beatz ["Now That You Got It"]

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The Sweet Escape 13 tracks format: 1 x CD
release dates: Dec 1 2006 in Europe, Dec 5 2006 in United States
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The Sweet Escape 12 tracks format: 1 x CD
record label: Interscope Records
catalog number: 00602517173903
release dates: Dec 5 2006 in United States
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14 tracks format: 1 x CD
release dates: 2006 in United States
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The Sweet Escape 12 tracks format: 1 x CD
record label: Interscope Records
catalog number: 00602517173903
release dates: Dec 5 2006
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